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dogknob Donating Member (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:11 PM
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Dennis Miller on Fox just now: "Any government that robs Peter to pay Paul..."
"... can always count on the support of Paul."

A little more subtle than saying that registering the poor to vote is un-American and "like handing out burglary tools to criminals."

... but not much.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:14 PM
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1. he's a non-funny putz
and a tremendous asshole
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la la Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:46 PM
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23. didja realize~
that he's on the bold and fresh comedy tour with falafel o'reilly? --apparently taking beck's place...
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Tempest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:16 PM
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2. "Any government that robs Peter to pay Paul..."
So I guess Miller is against sending aid to Texas to pay for the fire fighters and the destruction.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:23 PM
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3. um, Dennis you smarmy shit, "Paul" would be the corporate state, and Peter would be the rest of us
Just to clear things up....
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DataException Donating Member (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:24 PM
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4. What happened to him?
Did he just go right wing after 9/11?
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immoderate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:33 PM
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8. I think he was always a dick. He went where there's no competition.
"Conservative" comedians mostly work churches.

--imm
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alecnotALEC Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:56 PM
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13. he went Dennis Hopper
When he was on SNL he was great with Al Franken & A Whitney Brown but maybe it was the writers.. he's definitely been on the crazy pills since 9/11. Shame really there's always a shortage of people with conscience and balls.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:22 PM
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16. No career left, so he went, like Pop singers to Country, Right-Wing. It's just for the $$$.
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Motown_Johnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:26 PM
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5. and that is why Corporations and the ultra rich support Republicans

Thanks for pointing that out guy who made me turn off the sound on Monday Night Football for an entire year.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:29 PM
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6. What's most pathetic about Miller is how much he jumped to the reich
I've seen people who switched after 9/11, but they didn't become anti-tax, corporate loving, environment hating shills.
I never liked Miller. This just makes it easier to hate him.
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Dawson Leery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:35 PM
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9. Hitchens became a hawk on military matters.
He still maintained his left wing ideas about economics and distaste for religion.
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rpannier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:54 PM
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11. Yep
Even LIEberman still gets high marks from environmental groups and organizations that work with the poor.
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dennis4868 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:31 PM
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7. what about a govt that robs from the poor....
to give to the wealthy?
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:36 PM
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10. Dennis Miller actually stole that quote from George Bernard Shaw
That would be the George Bernard Shaw who was...gasp...A SOCIALIST!!!!

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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:27 PM
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18. Amazing!
Funny...I glanced at your profile pic and I thought it was Dennis Miller, at first. LOL!
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Ken Burch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:29 PM
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19. Actually, the figure in my profile picture is Juliano Mer-Khamis
Edited on Mon Sep-05-11 08:29 PM by Ken Burch
the founder of the Freedom Theatre, a Palestinian theatre company. Mer-Khamis was half-Israeli Jewish(on his mother's side)and half-Palestinian Arab. A few months ago, he was murdered they still haven't found the killer. Since the man's very existence was threatening to people on both sides of the I/P conflict, there are a lot of possible suspects.
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dogknob Donating Member (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 11:56 PM
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24. Before he said that, he said...
Edited on Mon Sep-05-11 11:57 PM by dogknob
...that Obama was employing the George Bernard Shaw method of government. I share a house with a guy who watches Fox, and sometimes I can hear it in the next room. I don't really mind because it helps me to hopefully write better satire.
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:54 PM
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12. if you rob Peter to pay Paul you are gonna hear from Mary lol nt
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 07:59 PM
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14. Mr. Miller is a repuke whore
he speaks utter drivel
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:21 PM
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15. The key word's being "rob." Of course, an equitable taxation system to a Republican is THEFT.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:25 PM
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17. Go away Dennis
You're yesterday's news and no longer funny.
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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:31 PM
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20. fucking goober.
Edited on Mon Sep-05-11 08:31 PM by Warren DeMontague
he was funny for about 3 minutes, in 1991. And to think he used to be friends with Janeane Garafolo.
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Rabblevox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:31 PM
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21. Thank you for not providing a link. I f*ing DESPISE Dennis Miller...
he is a snapshot of everything that is wrong and broken in America.
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dogknob Donating Member (310 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 11:58 PM
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25. There is no link to provide.
I overheard it from a TV in the next room.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 08:43 PM
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22. "Cha-cha" needs to get a clue.
He's actually right but he's confused about the identities of Peter and Paul.

i.e About who's getting robbed and who's getting paid.
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-05-11 11:59 PM
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26. Which is why the rich support our politicians so handsomely..
Because they are stealing from the poor to give to the rich.

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